Australian Mac site MacTalk recently had a pretty incredible post on its forums. A MacBook owner’s battery caught fire, resulting in some severe damage to his machine:

Here’s the bulk of the post accompanying the photos:

3am last night. I woke up to my housemate screaming (yelling “Matty!”) and the dog barking. She fell asleep on […]

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Both Gizmodo and Gadgeteer have reviews of an interesting take on the laptop stand. Instead of a pedestal or lift on your desk, the LapDawg is for use in bed or on a couch, providing stability on a soft cushion or mattress. Though not cheap at $80, if you like having breakfast in […]

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For the past week or so, you may have noticed the ad over to the left–the tall and colorful one–and wondered: just where the hell is the welcome post from PBZone’s editors? Fear not, we are here to herald the arrival of Speck Products as our latest fabulous sponsor of the site.
Of these eponymous products, […]

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Well…we were beginning to think the new design, name, and increased emphasis on the iPhone was the biggest disaster this side of Gigli, but the good people at EverythingiPhone.com came along and rescued our hopes and dreams for expanded coverage here at the ‘Phone+’Book Zone. We don’t mean to be too obvious here, but they […]

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If you’ve been looking for a third-party AC adapter for your PowerBook G4 or iBook, FastMac’s new product may interest you:

Salinas, CA – March 9, 2007 - FastMac today announced the expansion of its TruePower line of power products with a 65-Watt AC adapter designed specifically for Apple PowerBook G4 and iBook laptops. The TruePower […]

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MyTreo.net has news about a hiring by Palm, this time with former Apple software engineer and Pixo founder Paul Mercer. Mercer and Pixo were apparently instrumental in helping the creation of the iPod user interface.

It’ll be interesting to see if there is a fight over talent between the big smartphone makers and […]

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USA Today has a fascinating article discussing Apple’s adroitness at marketing:

The avalanche of headlines and TV news stories about the iPhone - which hits the market in June - already have generated $400 million in free publicity, says Harvard Business School professor David Yoffie. “No other company has ever received that kind of attention for […]

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If you want to play Xzibit and pimp your MacBook or MacBook Pro, Macworld’s portable blog has started a little guide to get you started. Dual 200GB hard drives, boosted 802.11n wireless, and faster optical drives should be enough to get you started in this installment. Okay, so it’s not 24s and ground […]

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Apple has released an AirPort Extreme software update available via the Software Update mechanism and describes it thusly:

This update is recommended for all Intel-based Macintosh computers and improves compatibility with AirPort Extreme base stations and networks.

This update includes the content from the AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001, and addresses a security issue as described in:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n305031

This […]

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We’re not sure how we feel about linking this tabloid-ish shot of Steve Jobs, apparently in attendance at kids’ sporting event, but it’s also kind of funny in an absurd sense. It’s not even 100% that it’s him, but it is at least a guy in black turtleneck and blue jeans, and the photographer […]

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Those prolific rumor mongers over at Apple Insider have a report from veteran Apple analyst Shaw Wu on Apple’s embracing of NAND flash memory in a variety of applications. The first product we should see in this effort, according to Wu, is the recently-rumored sub-notebook, which is believed to utilize NAND flash for primary […]

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